Senior Payroll Accountant

The Senior Payroll Accountant will assist in processing the Company’s payroll and payroll related accounting activities. This role requires a passion for processes and organization, as well as the desire to have a positive impact on our fast-growing workforce. This role will be based in Boston and will report to the Payroll Manager in Boston.

Responsibilities:

Assist in payroll processing for hourly and salaried employees ensuring payrolls are completed on-time and error-free.

Prepare monthly payroll reconciliations, including all required support for annual and quarterly financial statement audits.

Assist in year-end procedures including management of 3rd party vendor for generation of W2s and other monthly, quarterly and annual required tax compliance.

Provide support for various financial, state and insurance audits.

Provides exceptional customer support so that employees view the Finance team as helpful and responsive, our people never complain about payroll, and payroll questions are answered quickly and accurately

Partner with the Finance and People teams to develop and maintain Indigo’s “hire to retire” process

Ensures appropriate controls are in place and working effectively around hiring, paying, and terminating employees

Understand and embody our purpose & core values

Competencies:

Extremely organized with strong attention to detail

Highly trustworthy and able to handle confidential material

Works well cross-functionally in a collaborative manner

Rolls up sleeves and digs into the work to get things done

Comfortable flagging items outside of policies; persistent when it comes to following up

Highly process-oriented

Team player who is open to creative ideas and doesn’t just fall back on doing what’s always been done

Positive, can-do attitude with exceptional customer service

Passionate about Indigo’s mission and core values

Pro-active ownership in work and takes extreme pride in their work product

Qualifications:

2-5+ years of payroll processing experience, with at least 2 consecutive years of payroll at the same company

Advance excel and word skills

Some knowledge of state and federal tax laws and implications on payroll

Technology we use

Location

On the edge of Charlestown, we are within walking distance to restaurants and bars. The Sullivan Square T and bus stop is also right next door!

An Insider's view of Indigo

What projects are you most excited about?

Our mission is to provide agronomists with unbiased real-time data we are collecting across thousands of acres at the ground level and from space. It's such a thrill to be working on the data and analysis perspective of this massively cross-disciplinary team that helps agronomists initiate data-powered conversations to provide substantial results.

Jyoti

Principal Data Scientist

What makes someone successful on your team?

A successful Indigo team member is someone willing to continuously learn and improve, regardless of experience or role. Whether you’re an Engineer, Account Manager, Business Analyst, or Scientist, successful team members keep the bigger picture in mind and bridge disciplines to solve problems facing the incredibly complex system that is agriculture